Tag: Short Story
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Dark Earring
Clock ticks seem to echo through the darkening silence. On the dust-covered wooden floorboards, a black pearl lies unseen, lost years before. Its owner, too lost within the haunted thoughts of her own mind, has yet to realise her earring is without a pearl. Although, as she rocks gently with the cabin in its final…
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The Persistence of Lisa
The model squirmed on her damp seat; it had been six hours, and she was restless, fidgety, and now in desperate need of the loo. “Remby,” Lisa asked as the painter took a step back from his easel to admire his work, “have you much more to do… I need to powder my nose.” Rembrandt…
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Missing
Lord Edward Ayr–Gray drove to the crossroads by the ancient maze, stopped the car, and ran out in a hurry. Ahead of him stood open space. The lush green bushes that made up the walls between the pathways had disappeared, replaced by a mere expanse of soil. He ran back into the car and used…
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Amulet Seekers
The co-ordinates are correct, somewhere over there we shall find the last relic of the bythantium era, the Amulet of Koh. Isn’t the amulet supposed to be buried beneath a desert? It was in the days this manuscript was written, in a time long ago… but times change; places change. Would they change this much…
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The Unicorn Challenge: Oasis
‘I told you this was a good idea, my scrumptious pomegranate!’ Ognar Rance plunged his small wooden fork into the crisp batter surrounding a succulent piece of cod that topped a tray of steaming hot chips and peas. ‘You did indeed, my darling pineapple…’ Myrtle smiled dreamily as she chewed on the corner of her…
